Woodie's Game Hint @ Atlanta

[Sgt. Mammoth]

Hmmm the Stock Market goes up and down... as does a gerbil wheel... possibly some sort of ferris wheel structure on the field that rotates constantly? Some sort of wiggly jello-like game piece must be placed on this rotating structure and points are received for the amount of time in the ferris-wheel-thing (like a stock market investment).

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Mammoth

Hmmm the Stock Market goes up and down... as does a gerbil wheel... possibly some sort of ferris wheel structure on the field that rotates constantly? Some sort of wiggly jello-like game piece must be placed on this rotating structure and points are received for the amount of time in the ferris-wheel-thing (like a stock market investment).

That could be a very brilliant game. Sounds like a return of the autonomous bonus, but with an added "beginning of game" bonus...

[Cooley744]

are there any more 2008 game hints out there??? and what was the banana ever about in the 2007 game hint??? game hints are confusing.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Haha I love it how he's just throwing stuff out there to throw people off. Woodie Flowers, you are the coolest.

By the way, very stellar production 1515. I don't think I've ever seen anything so well produced by a team. Whoever edits and shoots it has a lot of skill and it shows.

[basicxman]

Originally Posted by Sgt. Mammoth

Hmmm the Stock Market goes up and down... as does a gerbil wheel... possibly some sort of ferris wheel structure on the field that rotates constantly? Some sort of wiggly jello-like game piece must be placed on this rotating structure and points are received for the amount of time in the ferris-wheel-thing (like a stock market investment).

i agree except think the ferris wheel will wobble (like the rack was on chains and could freely move) and the game piece will be something that could hook onto a ferris wheel

[Tetraman]

Someone should start a thread that is a rumor mill of Who will spill next year's big rumor and what that rumor would be.

[robochick1319]

I'm really excited to hear a clue this early but I am kind of suspicious. Usually these clues come after Christmas so I can't help but wonder if this is simply a distraction rather than the real deal.

Also, (not to burst y'all's bubble) there will probably never be any game involving any type of water because:
1) It will cost too much to have each arena equipped with such capabilities

2) It will take too much maintenance to take care of a field covered with water (Let's not forget the poof balls that kept shredding and eventually lost their structural integrity)

3) You are not even supposed to drink water around a robot. Imagine a task dealing with water. The safety issues are through the roof! The complications are far too many.

I can't tell you much about this game, but there will not be water and if there is, as a safety captain, I may need some water to keep from hyperventilatiing.

[MarySheridan]

They all have to do with boxes.

take the gerbil to start with
-between his bones are cartiledge, that cartiledge is made into jello
-jello then is served to consumers in a cardboard box manufactured by the same company that makes those for the k'nex boxes
-k'nex is owned by mattell, whose stocks are for sale in the stock market

my friend told me that. i'm thinking that the next challanges has to do with boxes

[synth3tk]

robochick1319: http://www.h2orobots.org/

But it's still unlikely that FIRST will have a competition for water.